Blessed Are the Sick
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| Studio album by Morbid Angel | ||
| Released | July 5, 1991 | |
| Recorded | 1991 | |
| Genre | Death metal | |
| Length | 39:33 | |
| Label | Earache Records | |
| Producer(s) | Tom Morris | |
| Professional reviews | ||
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| Morbid Angel chronology | ||
| Altars of Madness (1989) |
Blessed Are the Sick (1991) |
Abominations of Desolation (1991) |
Blessed Are the Sick is the second official release from death metal band Morbid Angel. It features an overall slower musical development, although containing very fast riffs, it reveals other side of the band, with graver drawling voicings and deeper sounding sometimes approaching a doomish sound, with classical music undertones (main composer Trey Azagthoth would dedicate this album to Mozart, who seems to be his greatest musical influence). A sense of discontinuity and abrupt alteration in tonality is evident in the 8th to 13th tracks; with the exception of the instrumentals 'Desolate Ways' and 'In Remembrance', this material is comprised of re-recorded songs and themes first manifested in the 1986 unnofficial demo, 'Abominations Of Desolation'
This album is considered to be a masterpiece by not only the death metal community, but the entire metal scene as a whole.
[edit] Track listing
- "Intro" (Trey Azagthoth, David Vincent) – 1:27
- "Fall from Grace" (Azagthoth, Vincent) – 5:13
- "Brainstorm" (Azagthoth, Vincent) – 2:34
- "Rebel Lands" (Azagthoth, Vincent) – 2:41
- "Doomsday Celebration" (Azagthoth) – 1:49
- "Day of Suffering" (Azagthoth, Vincent) – 1:54
- "Blessed Are the Sick/Leading the Rats" (Azagthoth, Vincent) – 4:47
- "Thy Kingdom Come" (Azagthoth, Vincent) – 3:24
- "Unholy Blasphemies" (Azagthoth) – 2:10
- "Abominations" (Azagthoth, Vincent) – 4:27
- "Desolate Ways" (Richard Brunelle) – 1:40
- "The Ancient Ones" (Azagthoth) – 5:53
- "In Remembrance" (Azagthoth) – 1:25
[edit] Credits
- Trey Azagthoth - Guitar, Keyboard
- Pete Sandoval - Drums
- David Vincent - Bass, Vocals
- Richard Brunelle - Guitar
[edit] Notes
Blessed has a far broader approach to the music, with three instrumental tracks (Doomsday Celebration, Desolate Ways and In Remembrance), and the Intro track is a noise track. The band has opted for a much wider soundscape, giving the album more concept.
